Cheer Me On

I applied for financial assistance to help cover the cost of one of my therapies, which isn’t covered by insurance. For some reason, my health insurance decided I wasn’t eligible for trauma informed care despite a diagnosis of complex PTSD 🙃So my bf and I have been paying out of pocket, which is a huge financial burden.
I wasn’t approved last quarter but I reapplied and was approved this time around!
My weekly therapy sessions will be covered by this award for 17 weeks. It was so needed, not just financially, but I needed a boost. I have been so scared about possibly losing my health insurance which covers my other care.
It’s a short, but much needed reprieve. It also was extremely validating to hear why I was selected.
I have been working really hard on establishing a good care team. I’m a diligent client, attend my appointments, take things seriously, and I work really hard to reach goals of lowering my trauma symptoms. I also have been working to establish some sort of community after being displaced. I have been volunteering when I can. It sounds like my therapist has communicated this to the organization both times I applied. It feels really good to hear someone recognize the hard work I’ve done- because I guess I wasn’t really putting all together myself.
I’m really proud of myself, and I’m so incredibly grateful for this reprieve.

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I woke up feeling down again today. I feel like I don't have the energy to go to work... but I will. I just want to isolate myself and nap all day. I don't feel inspired to do any of the things that are "good" for me, like yoga and journaling. I will though, because I know it helps, even if I have to force it a bit. I just hate when I don't feel the inspiration for life.

On the bright side, in the past, I would have called out of work, and I wouldn't have done those things that are good for me. It's encouraging to know I've made progress in how I cope. It's a bummer that I still have to deal with depression, though. I wish that I could just wake up with energy and feeling good.

Words of encouragement are welcomed. Thank you for listening.

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Hi all,
I started a new medication this week. It made me really tired, I slept for like 20 hours in one day, and so I emailed my psychiatrist and she told me to take it at night instead.
I’m worried because it’s a class of medication that I haven’t tried before. It’s a tricyclic, an older anti-depressant. I don’t like to take medication that is sedating (and most meds don’t really sedate me anyways). And it also has more side effects than more commonly prescribed antidepressants (SSRIs and SNRIs), which have not helped in the past.
I don’t have depression symptoms but my anxiety is absolutely a mess from trauma. I have felt very hyper aroused. I have a lot of panic attacks and it’s hard for me to organize myself to perform most daily tasks. It’s hard to explain how paralyzed I feel from my panic and trauma symptoms. I get triggered easily.
So we are trying this. I don’t want to feel super sedated all the time so I am hoping it wears off soon. If it doesn’t, I’ll have to talk to my psychiatrist about something else.
Wish me luck, please! Thank you all!

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